Recaps

Lu Ming returned to Shuofeng City, revisited places from his past, and continued toward the Zhu Zi Kingdom while studying the Demon Vanquishing Saber Scripture. After failing to capture the Intent of Absolute Heaven, he encountered horse bandits attacking a village and rushed to intervene.

• Lu Ming returned to Shuofeng City, where locals discussed his rise to fame and Iron Shopkeeper briefly mistook him for the hero.
• Lu Ming revealed himself to Li Weifeng, left him ten thousand silver taels, and taught him a Human-tier Mid-grade cultivation technique.
• Lu Ming paid his respects at Old Man Heavenly Saber’s tomb and continued into the Zhu Zi Kingdom, aiming to train at Ice Dragon Pool.
• Lu Ming studied the Demon Vanquishing Saber Scripture and tested Absolute Heaven Ten Lands, but remained dissatisfied with his grasp of its Intent.
• Lu Ming heard cries near a village, saw horse bandits burning and looting it, and leaped in to intervene.

Lu Ming saved Shanshi Village from bandits and gained insight into the righteousness required to master [Absolute Heaven Ten Lands]. After half a month of traveling and aiding the wronged, he killed Long Youxie and met Zhu Ningfeng, who asked about his sister Zhu Ningyun and Lu Ming's identity.

• Lu Ming killed the bandits attacking Shanshi Village, then gave the village the money from the bandit chief's Storage Ring to help families who had lost their breadwinners.
• Lu Ming realized that [Absolute Heaven Ten Lands] needed righteousness as well as its dominant spirit, and set out to continue upholding justice.
• At Fish Dragon Stronghold, Zhu Ningfeng fought Long Youxie, but Long Youxie fled after Zhu Ningfeng's attack overwhelmed him.
• Lu Ming intercepted Long Youxie and killed him with a palm strike, then told Zhu Ningfeng that he was from Wuji Sect.
• Zhu Ningfeng revealed that he was Zhu Ningyun's elder brother, asked about her progress, and then asked which Wuji Sect disciple Lu Ming was.

Lu Ming learned about the powerful young geniuses gathering for the Heavenly Pride Competition, then found a crude map of the Wind Thunder Sea among Long Youxie's possessions and continued toward Ice Dragon Pool. The chapter ended as a White Jade Tiger cornered a father and daughter in Suihan Mountain, until a Dragon Shadow suddenly shot into the sky.

• Zhu Ningfeng told Lu Ming about Su Xinghan and other gifted youths from the ten nations, warned him that the One Yang Sect might attack him, and invited him to visit Qingyun Sect.
• Lu Ming searched Long Youxie's Storage Ring, found a crude map marking a red dot in the Wind Thunder Sea, and decided to investigate it on his way to Ice Dragon Pool.
• After a dozen or so days, Lu Ming reached Suihan Mountain as a group led by an Early Gang Qi Realm middle-aged man searched for Cold Stone near Ice Dragon Pool.
• A third-level early-stage White Jade Tiger attacked the group, wounded the middle-aged man, and trapped him and his daughter when she returned to help him.
• A heaven-shaking boom drew everyone's attention, and a Dragon Shadow shot into the sky as the girl exclaimed that it was a divine dragon.

Lu Ming tested his newly strengthened body by defeating a White Jade Tiger, then traveled to Feiyan City to explore the Wind Thunder Sea. The chapter left him preparing to investigate the map and the sea after witnessing the powerful Venerable Cheng Xiao.

• Lu Ming killed a White Jade Tiger using only his physical strength and explained that training at Ice Dragon Pool had greatly strengthened him and advanced his blade intent.
• Luo Yishan and Luo Wan'er thanked Lu Ming for saving them, but he declined their invitation to Suihan City and departed.
• Lu Ming traveled for over a month and arrived in Feiyan City, the largest city along the Wind Thunder Sea in Tieli Kingdom.
• Lu Ming went to the eastern wall and saw the violent sea and a figure approaching through a thunderstorm.
• Venerable Cheng Xiao appeared before the onlookers, who identified him as a late Gang Yuan Realm powerhouse and bowed to him.
• Lu Ming decided to find lodging and ask around about the map.

Lu Ming advanced the Divine Illumination True Scripture and used an old map to identify Three Beasts Island as the destination marked on Yan Long’s animal-skin map. Xiao Zan and Yan Long planned to investigate the sunken ship, while a red-robed young sect master decided to follow them; Lu Ming left to prepare for his own journey.

• Lu Ming rented an inn courtyard and cultivated until he reached the thirteenth level of the Divine Illumination True Scripture and the late phase of the Early Gang Qi Realm.
• Xiao Zan and Yan Long discussed their map to a sunken ship near Three Beasts Island, and Yan Long vowed to avenge his younger brother and destroy the Wuji Sect.
• A red-robed young sect master learned that Xiao Zan and Yan Long were heading to Three Beasts Island and decided to follow them to use them as scouts.
• Lu Ming practiced his techniques the next morning, searched for maps, and found an old map whose islands matched those on the animal-skin map.
• The bookshop owner recognized that Lu Ming had bought a map showing the route to Three Beasts Island and recalled that a Blood Kill Sect elder had recently asked about it.

Lu Ming entered the Wind Thunder Sea after preparing for the journey to Three Beasts Island, testing its lightning and fighting a Bloodthirsty Shark. He estimated the island was still more than twenty days away and planned to travel day and night.

• Lu Ming prepared floating footholds and pills, then set out from Feiyan City at dawn.
• A red-clothed youth followed Lu Ming and Xiao Zan, using a Snow Spirit Snake to track them while keeping his distance.
• Lu Ming entered the Wind Thunder Sea and found that his Mysterious Spirit Armor and Protective Qi repelled a white lightning strike.
• Lu Ming dodged a Bloodthirsty Shark, then tore open its jaws with the power of the Cave True Profound Technique and killed it.
• Lu Ming collected the shark's Demonic Core and important parts, then continued onward while avoiding other sea beasts.
• Lu Ming checked his map at a reef and estimated that Three Beasts Island was more than twenty days away, so he planned to travel day and night.

Xiao Zan and Yan Long lured the red-robed pursuers into a flock of Mysterious Thunder Birds, while Lu Ming reached Three Beasts Island and searched underwater for the marked location. He encountered a powerful Blue Jellyfish and fled after its lightning broke his Gang Qi barrier.

• Xiao Zan and Yan Long discovered tracking powder on an Ink Ghost Porpoise and decided to lead their pursuers into a flock of Mysterious Thunder Birds.
• The red-robed youths were trapped by the birds, lost two members, and eventually reached Three Beasts Island after shaking them off.
• Lu Ming reached Three Beasts Island, estimated where the red dot lay, and searched the seabed, killing a venomous sea snake and a Ghost-faced Octopus along the way.
• A late-third-level Blue Jellyfish attacked Lu Ming with lightning, shattering his Gang Qi barrier and numbing his body.
• Lu Ming used the Dragon Riding Art to retreat, but the Blue Jellyfish emerged unharmed and pursued him.

Lu Ming escaped the Blue Lightning Jellyfish by redirecting it toward Xiao Zan and Yan Long, then explored a sunken ship while following the Animal Skin Map. Inside, he discovered a mysterious statue that revealed itself as Sword Master Ling Tian, who asked whether Lu Ming recognized him.

• Lu Ming encountered Xiao Zan and Yan Long while fleeing the Blue Lightning Jellyfish and slashed at them before escaping.
• The Blue Lightning Jellyfish attacked Xiao Zan and Yan Long, shattered their protective Gang Qi, and sent them fleeing with severe injuries.
• Lu Ming found a sunken ship and searched its first two levels, killing sea beasts but finding almost nothing of value.
• Lu Ming discovered a statue of a young man on the ship's third level, but his Storage Ring could not take it in.
• Laughter transformed Lu Ming's surroundings into a mountain peak, where the statue-like figure introduced himself as Sword Master Ling Tian.
• Lu Ming steadied his mind with blade intent and told Sword Master Ling Tian that he had never heard of him.

Lu Ming received Sword Master Ling Tian’s sword technique inheritance before escaping the ship’s cabin as an Ice Tail Ray attacked Xiao Zan and Yan Long. The two men pursued him, and after Lu Ming’s saber strike forced Yan Long back, they cornered him and threatened to kill him.

• Sword Master Ling Tian gave Lu Ming the Ling Tian Sword Canon and asked him to pass on his greatest work to a suitable successor.
• Lu Ming returned to the ship’s cabin, collected the statue fragments, and heard Xiao Zan and Yan Long fighting an Ice Tail Ray below.
• Lu Ming fled the ship as the Ice Tail Ray attacked, while Xiao Zan and Yan Long pursued him, believing he had obtained treasure.
• Yan Long took a True Flame Pill and caught up with Lu Ming, but Lu Ming used his Dominate the World saber strike to repel him.
• Xiao Zan and Yan Long trapped Lu Ming between them and coveted his treasure armor and saber, but Lu Ming challenged their confidence that they had cornered him.

Lu Ming escaped Yan Long and Xiao Zan by exploiting the seawater’s effect on their fire- and ice-based techniques, then recovered on a small island and reached the peak of the Early Gang Qi Realm. He read the supreme [Ling Tian Sword Canon] and wondered how to use its sword teachings despite having comprehended blade intent.

• Lu Ming used powerful blade techniques underwater to wound Yan Long and drive back Xiao Zan, then escaped while warning them that he would kill them next time.
• Yan Long confronted Xiao Zan after Lu Ming vanished, and Xiao Zan chose to keep Yan Long alive as a distraction against Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming killed a Bloodthirsty Shark, found a small island, cleared its demonic beasts, and restored his Gang Qi.
• Lu Ming discovered that he had reached the peak of the Early Gang Qi Realm after recovering.
• Lu Ming read the [Ling Tian Sword Canon], recognized its value and danger, and questioned how to apply a sword manual when he had already comprehended blade intent.

Lu Ming gained ten percent sword intent while studying the Ling Tian Sword Canon, then used a tornado to cultivate Wind Intent at sea. After splitting a tornado before it struck a ship, he met its passengers and asked where he was.

• Lu Ming repeated that he was himself until sword intent formed in his sea of consciousness beside his treasured saber.
• Several days later, a woman from the Liu Family watched the sea aboard a ship with Old Liu as a storm approached.
• The woman ordered the ship to drop anchor when she realized the storm was too close to escape.
• The passengers spotted a person cultivating inside a Level 3 Tornado, and Lu Ming split it apart with Sword Qi before it reached the ship.
• Lu Ming introduced himself to the woman and asked where they were, having lost track of his location.

Lu Ming traveled with Liu Jing and her family aboard their treasure ship toward the coast, while cultivating and reviewing his improving techniques. The Poison Dragon Bandits intercepted the ship, and as Deng Qing prepared to attack the Liu Family, Liu Jing's people faced overwhelming odds.

• Lu Ming accepted Liu Jing's invitation to travel aboard the Liu Family's treasure ship toward the Yixing Kingdom.
• Liu Jing learned that Lu Ming had come from Zhao Kingdom to compete in the Ten Nations Prodigy Competition, while he cultivated and assessed his growing strength during the voyage.
• The Poison Dragon Bandits, led by Deng Qing, intercepted the treasure ship, and Old Liu warned Liu Jing that their forces greatly outnumbered the Liu Family's.
• Liu Jing sent someone to tell Lu Ming to leave, while Old Liu led the Liu Family to fight Deng Qing and his bandits.
• Deng Qing ordered his subordinates to attack the people aboard the ship and keep Liu Jing unharmed.

Lu Ming rescued the Liu Family from the Poison Dragon Bandits, killing their Gang Qi Realm fighters and defeating their leader with help from Old Man Liu. After the survivors were dealt with, Lu Ming returned to his cabin to recover, while Liu Jing and Old Man Liu marveled at his hidden strength.

• Liu Jing prepared to take her own life rather than be captured, but Lu Ming arrived and knocked away her sword.
• Lu Ming killed six mid-Gang Qi Realm deputy chiefs with one sword, then swiftly slew the remaining early-Gang Qi Realm bandits.
• Lu Ming battled Deng Qing, whose Poison Dragon Divine Claw clashed with Lu Ming's Myriad Aspects Turn to Emptiness technique.
• Old Man Liu struck Deng Qing from behind, and Lu Ming followed up by beheading the bandit leader.
• Lu Ming searched the water for the bandits' spoils, then returned to the cabin to recover as Liu Jing and Old Man Liu praised his strength.

Lu Ming explored Lingju City after Liu Jing explained that the Liu Family would sell its shipyard and treasure ship. At the Four Symbols Merchant Guild, he bought a mysterious stone slab and learned that a low-grade Divine Weapon sword and a rare body-tempering fruit would be auctioned soon.

• Liu Jing told Lu Ming that the Liu Family planned to sell its shipyard and treasure ship, then invited him to visit the family.
• Lu Ming declined the invitation, and Liu Jing told him about an upcoming city auction before they parted ways.
• Lu Ming visited the Four Symbols Merchant Guild and bought a stone slab resembling two he already owned for three thousand five hundred low-grade Yuan Stones.
• A guild steward told Lu Ming that a low-grade Divine Weapon sword and an Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit would be auctioned in three days.
• Lu Ming checked into an inn and began cultivating while he waited for the auction, hoping to break through to the Mid Gang Qi Realm.

Lu Ming broke through to the Mid Gang Qi Realm and learned the first two layers of the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique while waiting for an auction in Lingju City. As the auction began, he entered a private room and planned to bid cautiously for one of his desired items.

• Lu Ming reached the Mid Gang Qi Realm and tested his strength before studying the three mysterious Stone Slabs and the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique.
• Lu Ming mastered the technique's two remaining layers, using it to control pond water and a heavy rockery with ease.
• Venerable Cheng Xiao arrived in Lingju City with Qi Meng and planned to bid for a Low-grade Sword, while the Blood Kill Sect's red-clothed youth targeted the Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit.
• Lu Ming concealed his identity and went to the auction, deciding to bid for only one of his desired items to avoid attracting powerful opponents.
• Lu Ming showed his invitation at the auction entrance, received a free Human-grade private room, and watched as the auction began.

The auction’s first mysterious item was a Thunder Fire Profound Pill, which could improve a Martial Artist’s physical aptitude and potentially help them break through. Blood Saber Guest Wei Zhong won it after intimidating most bidders and outbidding the Blood Kill Sect.

• Hua Jingsu opened the Four Symbols Merchant Guild auction and announced that three mysterious items would appear alongside the finale items.
• The early lots included cultivation pills and a low-grade Earth-tier cultivation technique, which a rogue cultivator bought for 120,000 Low-grade Yuan Stones.
• Hua Jingsu revealed that the first mysterious item was a Thunder Fire Profound Pill refined by the Heavenly Pill Sect, explaining that it could cleanse and transform the marrow.
• Blood Saber Guest Wei Zhong used his reputation to discourage bidders, but a representative of the Blood Kill Sect continued competing with him.
• The Blood Kill Sect’s old man advised the red-robed Young Sect Master to stop bidding, and Wei Zhong ultimately won the pill.

Lu Ming won the [Wind Fire Divine Saber Technique] and the Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit despite competing with Wei Zhong and a Blood Kill Sect youth. The auction continued to its third round, where Lu Ming stopped bidding after seeing a Gang Yuan Realm cultivator join the competition.

• Hua Jingsu auctioned the [Primal Chaos Qi Augmentation Technique], which sold for 136,000 low-grade Yuan Stones; Lu Ming did not bid.
• Wei Zhong opened bidding on the [Wind Fire Divine Saber Technique], but Lu Ming repeatedly raised the price and won it for 233,000 low-grade Yuan Stones.
• Wei Zhong and a red-robed youth from the Blood Kill Sect competed for the Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit, and Lu Ming outbid them to win it.
• The red-robed youth ordered someone to watch ordinary-ranked private room number thirteen and learn Lu Ming's cultivation after the auction.
• Lu Ming stopped bidding when the third round featured an Earth-grade, intermediate-stage cultivation technique and the Low-grade Sword, as a Gang Yuan Realm cultivator entered the competition.

After refusing to sell the Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit to Wei Zhong, Lu Ming cultivated in Lingju City and advanced the [Cave True Profound Technique] to its fifth layer. He left the city and began fighting Wei Zhong, vowing to kill him for threatening his relatives.

• Wei Zhong tried to force Lu Ming to sell him the auctioned item, but Lu Ming refused and mocked his offer; City Lord's Mansion guards stopped Wei Zhong from attacking inside Lingju City.
• The Blood Kill Sect youth ordered his followers to watch Lu Ming, while Venerable Cheng Xiao speculated that Lu Ming might have a protective treasure.
• Lu Ming consumed the Earth Fire Dragon's Roar Fruit in an inn training room and advanced the [Cave True Profound Technique] to its fifth layer, greatly increasing his strength and defense.
• After sensing people watching him, Lu Ming left Lingju City and Wei Zhong blocked his path beyond the gates.
• Lu Ming and Wei Zhong exchanged saber strikes, and Lu Ming vowed to kill Wei Zhong after the latter threatened his relatives.

Lu Ming fought and killed Wei Zhong, the Blood Saber Guest, after overcoming his powerful Blood Sea Saber Qi with his own intent-domain techniques. He left the area before the Gang Yuan Realm observers in Lingju City could make a move, while the spectators and city leaders discussed his strength and prospects in the Ten Nations Prodigy Competition.

• Wei Zhong unleashed Blood Shadow Pierces the Sky, but Lu Ming countered with Dominate the World and Man-Saber Slash.
• Wei Zhong used Blood Sea Torrent to overwhelm Lu Ming’s attack, but Lu Ming blocked his next assault with Absolute Heaven Ten Lands.
• Lu Ming found the weak points in Wei Zhong’s Blood Sea Saber Qi, broke through it, and battered Wei Zhong’s Gang Qi barrier with successive strikes.
• Wei Zhong fled toward Lingju City, but Lu Ming used Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique to stop him and killed him with a saber strike.
• Lu Ming stored Wei Zhong’s body and departed after sensing Gang Yuan Realm observers, while the spectators and city leaders discussed his combat ability.

Lu Ming defeated a Blood Kill Sect group that ambushed him, then recovered in a secluded cave and examined the spoils. He ended the chapter fully healed and with the Moon Shadow Sword added to his weapons.

• Lu Ming evaded a Crimson True Fire Pearl attack and recognized the six attackers as members of the Blood Kill Sect.
• Lu Ming used Earth Saber Slash to kill three Early Gang Qi Realm cultivators and wound the others, then detonated his Sky Thunder Seed against the survivors.
• Lu Ming killed the red-robed youth with hidden saber qi and decapitated the gravely injured Elder Tong, but suffered injuries himself.
• Lu Ming escaped to a secluded cave, expelled the sword qi from his body, and recovered to peak condition.
• Lu Ming inspected Blood Saber Guest Wei Zhong's blood saber and claimed the red-robed youth's treasured sword, Moon Shadow.
• Lu Ming began counting the rest of his gains from the Blood Kill Sect group.

After killing Blood Saber Guest Wei Zhong, Lu Ming counted his spoils and cultivated the Wind Fire Divine Saber Technique on his journey to the Tianyun Empire. In a border-town tavern, he learned that Wei Zhong’s killer had become the subject of rumors, and a woman seeking to repay the killer hurried away with a clue about the Ten Nations Prodigy Competition.

• Lu Ming counted the Yuan Stones and other spoils taken from Wei Zhong and the Blood Kill Sect, keeping two martial arts techniques.
• Lu Ming traveled toward the Tianyun Empire while seeking to comprehend the intent of fire for the Wind Fire Divine Saber Technique.
• Lu Ming faced the rising sun and created the move Wind Fire Prairie Fire, scorching and shredding the grassland within a hundred meters.
• Lu Ming entered a busy town and heard patrons discuss the masked saber user who had killed Wei Zhong.
• A female Martial Artist learned that Wei Zhong was dead and that the killer might be identified by his saber technique at the Ten Nations Prodigy Competition, then left in a hurry.

Lu Ming entered Blood Fiend Cave to temper his will against its yin energy and Killing Intent, while investigating whether the place was connected to an ancient command token he had found. He reached the third layer and began fighting stronger Fiend Spirits, seeking opponents that could challenge him.

• Lu Ming traveled to Blood Fiend Cave after hearing that yin energy and Killing Intent gathered there, and wondered whether it was connected to the blood-patterned command token from Wei Zhong's Storage Ring.
• At the entrance, Lu Ming heard that a recent disturbance might reveal hidden treasures, then entered the cave and observed its hostile landscape and blood-red sky.
• Lu Ming destroyed several Fiend Spirits on the first layer and continued toward the third layer because the weaker areas could not temper him.
• Lu Ming entered the third layer despite warnings about its dangerous Fiend Spirits and the mysterious Blade Woman.
• Lu Ming used his saber intent to break through a bull-shaped Fiend Spirit's Killing Intent and destroyed it with one saber stroke.
• Lu Ming continued forward and encountered two more Fiend Spirits at once.

Lu Ming fought his way through the Fiend Spirits, advancing his saber and sword intents and reaching the middle stage of the Mid Gang Qi Realm. After finding a Crimson Spirit Fruit in a canyon, he took it and battled the Southern Dipper Swordsman, who fled behind a powerful energy shield.

• Lu Ming spent several days battling more than twenty Fiend Spirits, rapidly improving his saber and sword techniques while recovering with Yuan Stones.
• After another dozen days of fighting, Lu Ming reached the third level of saber intent, the second level of sword intent, and the middle section of the Mid Gang Qi Realm.
• Lu Ming found a Crimson Spirit Fruit in a canyon and drew it toward himself with the [Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique].
• The Southern Dipper Swordsman ambushed Lu Ming and demanded the fruit, but Lu Ming recognized him and attacked.
• Lu Ming overwhelmed the Southern Dipper Swordsman's sword attacks with his saber intent and intent-domain technique, but the old man used a defensive bead to shield himself and fled.
• Lu Ming pursued the Southern Dipper Swordsman, determined not to let him escape.

Lu Ming pursued the Southern Dipper Swordsman until a blood-red pillar of light appeared, drawing people across the third level of the Blood Fiend Cave. As powerful figures gathered around the pillar, Lu Ming spotted someone familiar and turned his attention toward them.

• Lu Ming chased the Southern Dipper Swordsman, but the swordsman fled when the blood-red pillar of light appeared and the Blood Pattern Token reacted.
• A woman emerged from a blood pool and headed toward the pillar, while others across the third level rushed toward it as well.
• Soul Chaser Hand Diao Shuangxing watched as the pillar blasted apart anyone who approached, and the arriving cultivators stopped after testing its danger.
• Wen Wunan, the Blade Woman, and the Southern Dipper Swordsman arrived near the pillar as the crowd waited for someone to reveal its secrets.
• Lu Ming arrived, and the Southern Dipper Swordsman warned him that fighting would let others profit; Lu Ming then recognized someone and sent a sharp attack toward them.

Lu Ming destroyed Baleful Intent after she slaughtered the people of Lotus Fort, then caught and killed her again when she secretly re-formed. Following the Blood Pattern Token into the light gate, he reached a protected stone stele where Wen Wunan and the others were meditating.

• Lu Ming used blade intent and flames to destroy Baleful Intent and the female assassin's corpse, then waited until he confirmed she was gone before entering the blood-colored pillar.
• After the others entered, Baleful Intent re-formed in weakened condition, but Lu Ming emerged from the pillar and destroyed her again, scouring the ground beneath her before entering the light gate.
• Lu Ming restrained the Blood Pattern Token's guidance long enough to survey a place filled with pure Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, then followed the token onward.
• Lu Ming passed three people fighting over a spirit herb without getting involved and reached a protected stone stele, where Wen Wunan and the others were meditating.